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university abouthisprioritiesaschairman of the senate armed services committee. at 1:00 p.m., the coast guard addresses why the u.s. presence in the arctic is important to national security. and then joint chiefs of staff chair general speaks about how the pentagon is modernizing the armed forces. >> defense secretary james mattis and russia attempted to interfere with our 2018 midterm elections and that the u.s. relationship with russia has worsened, secretary mattis spoke at the annual reagan national defense forum at the reagan presidential library. after his speech, he sat down for a conversation with bret baer of fox news about global hot spots, the defense budget and his future with the trump administration. this is just under an hour. >> this morning marks an anniversary for our keynote speaker. exactly two years ago today, president trump announced to the nation his intention to nominate james mattis as our nation's 26th secretary of defense. having met and interviewed with the president just ten days prior, time and events no doubt move swiftly forward for the retired marine fo

university about his priorities as chairman of the senate armed services committee. at 1:00 p.m., the coast guard addresses why the u.s. presence in the arctic is important to national security. and then joint chiefs of staff chair general speaks about how the pentagon is modernizing the armed forces. >> defense secretary james mattis and russia attempted to interfere with our 2018 midterm elections and that the u.s. relationship with russia has worsened, secretary mattis spoke at the...

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carolina congressman will be with us to talkaboutprioritiesinthe house. watch "washington journal". >> education secretary, testified on capitol hill about the departments priorities and federal education policy. this hearing covered school choice programs, vouchers, discrimination in schools and trial for-profit colleges. it begins with the chair of the education and workforce committee, virginia fox. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] >> will come to order. thank you for being here. it's a privilege to welcome the secretary for her first appearance before the committee. i'm sure you will feel welcome today. just a few days ago we experienced another tragedy, this time at santa fe high school in texas. i will hear from you today about the work of the commission on school safety. i know districts are struggling with how to address this issue and parents are concerned and scared. i hope today will be an opportunity for us to learn more about how to. as members are aware this was originally scheduled for december last

carolina congressman will be with us to talk about priorities in the house. watch "washington journal". >> education secretary, testified on capitol hill about the departments priorities and federal education policy. this hearing covered school choice programs, vouchers, discrimination in schools and trial for-profit colleges. it begins with the chair of the education and workforce committee, virginia fox. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible...

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consider this is atoppriority. weare continuously pursuing actions on this issue. as you know we are in a transition. with the nsc, but i've had numerous talks with our new national security advisor and members of the nsc relative to the importance of raising this to a top issue and they are doing so. within the government we are working continuously to detect, warn and when necessary, respond to cyber threats. we have a multi agency cyber threat intelligence integration center that builds in the understanding to inform decision-makers. the department of homeland security and the fbi are demonstrating leadership on the threat and of applying a more federal response as we have just seen today. my former colleagues in the house and senate are bringing significant attention to the threat from cyber and expressed strong support for legislative action. having said that, we have to do better and what we deliver to our customers, how we get it to them in the speed by which we receive it. to today those cost-cutting threats have been eliminated, how rigid we still act when it comes to pu

consider this is a top priority. we are continuously pursuing actions on this issue. as you know we are in a transition. with the nsc, but i've had numerous talks with our new national security advisor and members of the nsc relative to the importance of raising this to a top issue and they are doing so. within the government we are working continuously to detect, warn and when necessary, respond to cyber threats. we have a multi agency cyber threat intelligence integration center that builds...

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task which is in fomenting the strategy. it has got to be one of the chairmanmccainsprioritieshasbeen considering if the department is properly structured to take on this huge task as the committee looks toward the upcoming process. we welcome your thoughts of what we can do to help you. in the end, we must recognize that even if we get strategy and structure exactly right, we cannot successfully, if you do not have the resources to implement the strategy. we know how damaging that can be an has been as we have time and again failed to do a job bypassing appropriations bills instead passing cr after cr. we welcome your testimony and how this would affect. in fact that will be one of my first questions as to what would happen if we had not done this. and what will happen if we do not do it again for 2020 and pursuing years. it is important because we are not yet out of the woods on sequestration. although we did come to a budget agreement for this year and the next. we still have to try and take care of problems that will be in 2020 and so many years after that. we cannot dig ours

task which is in fomenting the strategy. it has got to be one of the chairman mccains priorities has been considering if the department is properly structured to take on this huge task as the committee looks toward the upcoming process. we welcome your thoughts of what we can do to help you. in the end, we must recognize that even if we get strategy and structure exactly right, we cannot successfully, if you do not have the resources to implement the strategy. we know how damaging that can be...

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prioritiesinthe economic area would you like to pursue or the administration will pursue? >> okay. good point. we're working through that now. you know, budget stuff is coming toward the back end of the year. we will continue to emphasize the need to maintain and possibly improve the tax reforms that we've undertaken. we will continue to move on the deregulatory track. we will continue to have maybe even greater emphasis, david, on energy. energy and deregulation. we will and are becoming the dominant energy player in the world. we're running about 11 million plus barrels a day. we're ahead of saudi arabia, we're going to take russia. a lot of the inside estimates and agencies in our government is suggesting 15 million barrels a day in 2020. but the real thing here is natural gas revolution. and all of this comes from the fracturing and so forth, the horizon drilling. the natural gas thing is off the charts. and yesterday, running a gigantic utilities company out west and mostly doing nat gas in the basin. he's got more than he knows what to do with it. they're burning it off, fla

priorities in the economic area would you like to pursue or the administration will pursue? >> okay. good point. we're working through that now. you know, budget stuff is coming toward the back end of the year. we will continue to emphasize the need to maintain and possibly improve the tax reforms that we've undertaken. we will continue to move on the deregulatory track. we will continue to have maybe even greater emphasis, david, on energy. energy and deregulation. we will and are...

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reemergence of competition by powers. with russianchina'spriorityweneed to meet the challenge of north korea, iran, and violent extremist organizations. china and russia continue to invest in cyber, space, and conventional capabilities. most states are trying to undermine our the credibility of our alliances. they're also adept at advancing below the threshold of our own conflict. north korea has been on the relentless pursuit. they made it clear that their intended to threaten the united states and our allies. iran continues to create instability. we've made progress over the past year were grappling with the violence extremism including a sits, al qaeda and others. defending our allies requires us to maintain a balanced inventory of ready, lethal and flexible forces relevant across many operations. we have begun to arrest the erosion of our advantage in our developing the path to meet our current and future challenges. this year's budget builds this in and reinforces our effort to have the capabilities both today and tomorrow. i and all the senior leaders in the department a

reemergence of competition by powers. with russian china's priority we need to meet the challenge of north korea, iran, and violent extremist organizations. china and russia continue to invest in cyber, space, and conventional capabilities. most states are trying to undermine our the credibility of our alliances. they're also adept at advancing below the threshold of our own conflict. north korea has been on the relentless pursuit. they made it clear that their intended to threaten the united...

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imagine that's always atoppriorityandwe're meeting at the national government association again, broadening and deepening the relationship. we have a huge amount to work with. our relationship as you said has been forged over a century through times of war and peace. during both our nations freedom and security in the world. and our relationship is based not only on history. we have the same values. we share a deep well of trust and spirit based on those enduring values of freedom, democracy, the rule of law, enterprise, ingenuity. the spirit of having a go and work out, dust yourself off and have another go. that is a core american and australian value, that spirit of enterprise is what leads us on. and of course, our relationship is underpinned by millions of people and family links and of course, the extensive economic cooperation we spoken about. our security alliance is as close as it possibly could be, yet keeps getting closer. cooperation is more intense than it has ever been, whether we are standing up for freedom's pause in the middle east in our region, around the worl

imagine that's always a top priority and we're meeting at the national government association again, broadening and deepening the relationship. we have a huge amount to work with. our relationship as you said has been forged over a century through times of war and peace. during both our nations freedom and security in the world. and our relationship is based not only on history. we have the same values. we share a deep well of trust and spirit based on those enduring values of freedom,...

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white house president trump hosted a meeting on one of hisbudgetpriorities, infrastructurespending. the plan includes $200 billion in federal funds for infrastructure. it also calls for new investments in rural parker, particularly broadband internet access as well as cutting regulatory barriers and streamlining the permitting process for new projects. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you everybody. it's a great honor to have everybody with us. we have some very exciting things to be talking about, things you been waiting for a long time for many, many years. now let's see how badly you wanted. if you want badly are going to get it and if you don't that's okay with me too. we have to rebuild our infrastructure. i said this morning, we have spent $7 trillion in the middle east. what a mistake. it is what it is is what i took over we are trying to build roads and bridges and fix bridges that are falling down and we have a hard time getting money. think of that. as a couple months ago, $7 trillion in the middle east and the middle east is far worse now th

white house president trump hosted a meeting on one of his budget priorities, infrastructure spending. the plan includes $200 billion in federal funds for infrastructure. it also calls for new investments in rural parker, particularly broadband internet access as well as cutting regulatory barriers and streamlining the permitting process for new projects. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you everybody. it's a great honor to have everybody with us. we have...

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priority. weare sparing no expense. we are totally prepared. we are ready. we are ready as anybody has ever been. it looks to me and a lot of very talented people who do this for a living, like this is going to be a storm that is far larger than we've seen and perhaps decades. things can change, but we doubt they will at this stage. we doubt they are going to be very far off course. the places that are in the way and in the most jeopardy would be virginia, north carolina, south carolina, that area. again, they haven't seen anything like what is coming out of us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. it's tremendously big and tremendously wet. tremendous amounts of water. so, i've spoken with the governors of south carolina, north carolina and virginia. they are prepared. we are prepared and working very well in conjunction with the governors. i would like to ask brock long, or administrator who's done so well for us in texas and florida. we have something that could be very similar to texas in the sense that his tremendous amounts of water. texas was the one that had i would say to this point mo

priority. we are sparing no expense. we are totally prepared. we are ready. we are ready as anybody has ever been. it looks to me and a lot of very talented people who do this for a living, like this is going to be a storm that is far larger than we've seen and perhaps decades. things can change, but we doubt they will at this stage. we doubt they are going to be very far off course. the places that are in the way and in the most jeopardy would be virginia, north carolina, south carolina, that...

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it very clear i thinkhispriorityis. we had obviously a number of inquiries from congress on this including a letter to me last couple days five senators by senator schumer and for others. i have responded to that letter today and we make copies to you and it's part of a framework for the briefing that the four operating the agency give you here today. they are the ones who are living and operationalizing. there are other agencies involved of these are four primary one and i think it's important that we address the question of the presence involved in this. is the, his determination to prevent russia and other foreign influence in elections. we meet on this, the senior white house. we meet with the heads of the different agencies involved. we discussed quite regularly and in my tenure as national security advisor less than 10 months we already have to fold national security council meeting president other discussions as well. since january 2017 the president has taken this action to defend our election systems from meddling interference. this includes measures security and re

it very clear i think his priority is . we had obviously a number of inquiries from congress on this including a letter to me last couple days five senators by senator schumer and for others. i have responded to that letter today and we make copies to you and it's part of a framework for the briefing that the four operating the agency give you here today. they are the ones who are living and operationalizing. there are other agencies involved of these are four primary one and i think it's...

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strengthen ties in the united states and saudi arabia to advance common security andeconomicpriorities. alsothe president will travel to peru and colombia next month marking his first trip to latin america. attending the summit of america's in lima peru and participate in bilateral and multicultural engagements. this travel highlights the presidents resolved to deepen our historical ties with our partners in the region and or joint commitment to improve security and prosperity for people of the americas. the president is looking forward to meeting with partners and allies who share values and believe that the promise of a safe and prosperous future rest with a strong democracy, fair and reciprocal trade and with that i will take your questions. >> saturday night something about north korea. is one -- if the meeting takes place is there a chance that it won't? we make we fully expect that it will the offer was made and we have accepted. north korea made several promises and we hope they stick to those promises and if so the meeting will go on as planned. >> what preparations are made s

strengthen ties in the united states and saudi arabia to advance common security and economic priorities. also the president will travel to peru and colombia next month marking his first trip to latin america. attending the summit of america's in lima peru and participate in bilateral and multicultural engagements. this travel highlights the presidents resolved to deepen our historical ties with our partners in the region and or joint commitment to improve security and prosperity for people of...